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israel said enough is enough. the president has clearly stated as rightly he should, that hamas' behavior in ghana is unacceptable. was the israeli response appropriate? >> the israeli response was appropriate and far less violent than would be justified. the principal of proportionality in international law does not mean that you have to do only what the other side did. it means your response must be limited to what is proportional to the necessity to stop the aggression. the aggression is the firing of rockets. whatever is necessary to get hamas to do that is legal under international law. >> eliot: it is also worth repeating that israel's first strike was against known terrorist leader and subsequent strikes are against missile launching entities themselves is hamas getting more aggressive because it has greater support from egypt? do you see that correlation? >> i think one has to assume that. i think there are some other groups now to hamas' more extreme flank that are pressing it. that they're under some pre
israel said enough is enough. the president has clearly stated as rightly he should, that hamas' behavior in ghana is unacceptable. was the israeli response appropriate? >> the israeli response was appropriate and far less violent than would be justified. the principal of proportionality in international law does not mean that you have to do only what the other side did. it means your response must be limited to what is proportional to the necessity to stop the aggression. the aggression...
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we have growing concerns about the escalating violence in israel and in the gaza strip. the president has stated that he has spoken with prime minister netanyahu and it expressed what we all believe that israel has the right to defend itself as a nation. we are also concerned about any civilian deaths. be more of those that -- we mourn those that and we want hamas not to put people in harm's way so we can avoid the loss of civilian life. we will continue to monitor that situation. last week, we had an election. the american people spoke clearly and that is for us to reach an agreement to grow jobs, grow our economy, and reduce our deficit. now we have an opportunity. this is opportunity time for us and the american people to demonstrate to all americans that we are here to get the job done. that starts with the effort to ensure economic security for the middle-class, restore certainty for our small businesses, and spur growth for our economy as we reduce the deficit. tomorrow, as the bipartisan congress comes to the table at the white house, we must act in a responsible
we have growing concerns about the escalating violence in israel and in the gaza strip. the president has stated that he has spoken with prime minister netanyahu and it expressed what we all believe that israel has the right to defend itself as a nation. we are also concerned about any civilian deaths. be more of those that -- we mourn those that and we want hamas not to put people in harm's way so we can avoid the loss of civilian life. we will continue to monitor that situation. last week, we...
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one place not polled that would also be possibly true, israel. would you say in israel romney would be preferred to obama? >> it's not that simple. i think they're just as divided. it's absolutely true that the israeli center -- i would say large chunk of the center fear president obama and therefore would support romney not because of enthusiasm but because of the very bad relationship between the israeli right and the israeli right-winged government and the obama administration. but i think they identify with obama and would like to see an obama victory. we have several players who are waiting to see the result of the american elections and therefore the israeli center left and definitely left actually supports obama, which was not the case when obama began his tenure because at the time, really most of israel had reservations about him. i would say he became much more popular with the left and left of center while the rights were in almost in demonic tombs. >> you have multiple identities. you're an arab-israeli. the second, you're a news anch
one place not polled that would also be possibly true, israel. would you say in israel romney would be preferred to obama? >> it's not that simple. i think they're just as divided. it's absolutely true that the israeli center -- i would say large chunk of the center fear president obama and therefore would support romney not because of enthusiasm but because of the very bad relationship between the israeli right and the israeli right-winged government and the obama administration. but i...
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he voted against aid to israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel. we should not be supporting iran. >> congressman? >> the packages she is talking about, she has misrepresented the record. i am in fact the one that is supporting that we should not be giving foreign money to a number of places. that includes libya and pakistan and one other country as well. when someone burns our flags and tortures people who have given us information to get osama bin laden -- those people are not our friends. >> he is running ads about me. not one member supported this extreme amendment. every republican said this and make our country in danger. this would not make us safer. this would not make the middle east safer. there are 10 senators that voted for this amendment. this is the position he wants to take the u.s. senate. he is on the extreme edge. he is not being thoughtful or reasonable. this is not politics. this is the safety of our nation. >> our time is running out. we have to proceed by asking the candidates to offer in your final remarks. first, senator mcc
he voted against aid to israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel. we should not be supporting iran. >> congressman? >> the packages she is talking about, she has misrepresented the record. i am in fact the one that is supporting that we should not be giving foreign money to a number of places. that includes libya and pakistan and one other country as well. when someone burns our flags and tortures people who have given us information to get osama bin laden --...
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but that hasn't quite happened yet and, of course, that goes to the effect of israel difficult choices. and even at 28%, you know, there was a bit of resistance. i do think it shows that you, that the president not only is open to reform ideas, he's included a significant reform idea in his budget, which raises a half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. >> i'm going ask you about the other tough choices because we're short on time already. entitlement programs. i know you're not going to negotiate here in front of us but if this president -- >> gee, i really was ready to but you're probably right. >> i will give you the opportunity. is this president prepared to move further when it comes to medicare come specifically, when he sits down with john boehner than he was back in the debt ceiling negotiations almost two years ago? >> well, you're right. i'm not going to start doing that negotiation. what i would say is that the president, in his budget, put forward 360 billion in health savings. the president understands that health reform, entitlement reform is going to be part of th
but that hasn't quite happened yet and, of course, that goes to the effect of israel difficult choices. and even at 28%, you know, there was a bit of resistance. i do think it shows that you, that the president not only is open to reform ideas, he's included a significant reform idea in his budget, which raises a half a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. >> i'm going ask you about the other tough choices because we're short on time already. entitlement programs. i know you're not...
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/israel relations after the elections here. the prime minister here in israel, prime minister netanyahu, and president obama have a very icy relationship. the prime minister all but endorsed governor romney in the past election, and there's been a lot of fear here that now a second term president obama will take a much tougher line against israel when it comes to iran, when it comes to the palestinians. there has been some vocal, hostile, very negative reaction here by israeli politicians to president obama's re-election, and there's a lot of anger at the prime minister for making israel and the united states' political issue duringtisan the presidential election. and just to give you a kind of sense of how it looks from here, somebody who's very keyed in this to the u.s./israeli relationship told me that president obama is going to eat, quote: grilled bebe for lunch coming inauguration day. megyn: as leland just mentioned, israel's prime minister warned that his country will go it alone against iran if need be. that's what's c
/israel relations after the elections here. the prime minister here in israel, prime minister netanyahu, and president obama have a very icy relationship. the prime minister all but endorsed governor romney in the past election, and there's been a lot of fear here that now a second term president obama will take a much tougher line against israel when it comes to iran, when it comes to the palestinians. there has been some vocal, hostile, very negative reaction here by israeli politicians to...
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. >>> israel is moving to a possible ground view in gaza calling up the reservist. they said that no decision has been made and the israeli armor has been massing around the border. they fired at jerusalem for the first time on friday. israeli aircrafts have been hitting the militant strongholds. >>> with the threat of the ground battle brewing in the battle zone, they are standing by ready. even some of them close to 6,000 miles away. we spoke to the idf reservist in washington, d.c. and whose trip may be cut short if contentions continue to escalation. >> this is gaza and as you can see we actually bombed inside there also. and these are parts of israel. >> reporter: he's suppose to be vacationing with friends here in the nation's capital. but instead in the past couple of days, the 23-year-old has been glued to the news of the deadly missile strikes in his home country of israel. >> and they have just asked to bring in 75,000 troops. >> reporter: he's one of them. just two months removed from the active duty. his name is on the idf reservist list. and he is expec
. >>> israel is moving to a possible ground view in gaza calling up the reservist. they said that no decision has been made and the israeli armor has been massing around the border. they fired at jerusalem for the first time on friday. israeli aircrafts have been hitting the militant strongholds. >>> with the threat of the ground battle brewing in the battle zone, they are standing by ready. even some of them close to 6,000 miles away. we spoke to the idf reservist in...
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part for domestic political consumption to show that they are standing up to the united states and israel. in part it is intended to intimidate the obama administration, but look. efforts to shoot down on an aerial vehicles, the drills, the continued progress of the iranian of their weapons program of go to show that they are not being slowed down by the sanctions. they have no intention of giving up their nuclear ambitions. if you do not like these actions now, imagine how much more difficult it will be to deal with once it gets nuclear weapons. lou: benghazi, open heings scheduled for next thursday. are ou hopeful that the american public will learn something more and sensitive about what happened and why the u.s. government did not do more to save the lives of four americans. >> surely we should have learned more about this before the election, will we are definitely going to learn more aftr. this story will not go away. we will finally get some clarity lou: you get the last word. >> well, i think the administration is still going to try and stonewall. we know that a number of cables %
part for domestic political consumption to show that they are standing up to the united states and israel. in part it is intended to intimidate the obama administration, but look. efforts to shoot down on an aerial vehicles, the drills, the continued progress of the iranian of their weapons program of go to show that they are not being slowed down by the sanctions. they have no intention of giving up their nuclear ambitions. if you do not like these actions now, imagine how much more difficult...
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but with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. we're on the ground on both sides of this conflict starting with richard engel in gaza. >> reporter: good evening, lester, israel appears to have exceptionally good intelligence about hamas and today was able to target individual militants in their homes, but they're also killing anyone who happens to be around them. this was a three-story house of hamas militants. israel says it's using precision strikes against gaza. >> there were eight people in this house when they were attacked and they have already pulled out three bodies. there was total panic as rescue cr crews gasans feel that israel what no regard for life. israel warned gazans to stay away from all hamas locations. this man lived next to a hamas police station. now he doesn't have a home. we can expect anything from israelis. mourners for another hamas militant targeted today, witnesses showed up with the shell that killed the young militants. they say it was fired from an israeli
but with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. we're on the ground on both sides of this conflict starting with richard engel in gaza. >> reporter: good evening, lester, israel appears to have exceptionally good intelligence about hamas and today was able to target individual militants in their homes, but they're also killing anyone who happens to be around them. this was a three-story house...
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generally the american media, israel is an ally and we view israel favorably tends to be very pro israel and we often don't get the palestinian perspective in the american media about what is going on. jon: we'll have to leave the discussion there for today. it's a story we'll continue to watch in the days and weeks ahead. let's hope they can get something figured out and end the bloodshed soon. thank you both. jenna: black friday lines are already forming. what about the other theme shopping day from cyber monday to free shipping day? all this may be great for retailers. what is really in it for you? we'll take a closer look ahead. questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. beca
generally the american media, israel is an ally and we view israel favorably tends to be very pro israel and we often don't get the palestinian perspective in the american media about what is going on. jon: we'll have to leave the discussion there for today. it's a story we'll continue to watch in the days and weeks ahead. let's hope they can get something figured out and end the bloodshed soon. thank you both. jenna: black friday lines are already forming. what about the other theme shopping...
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it's not happy with israel. it's already reached out to president obama and asked the president to put an end to this aggression. fred maken is in jerusalem. and fred, tell us why egypt is such a concern this time around. >> oh, egypt is a huge concern this time around, carol, because first of all, it has a new and very islamist government in place that, of course, for many people especially hamas in gaza believe it's more on the sides of hamas than governments in egypt have been before. there are people who believe egypt might not stand idle by as this is happening as the government did in the past when hosni mubarak was still in power. certainly egypt plays a lynchpin role in all of this. the egyptians not very happy, not only did they call for condemnation of israeli air strikes in gaza but also recalled their ambassador here from israel and responded the israeli ambassador. certainly egypt is a big concern. meanwhile, the israeli military operation in gaza is going on. there have been further air strikes. ab
it's not happy with israel. it's already reached out to president obama and asked the president to put an end to this aggression. fred maken is in jerusalem. and fred, tell us why egypt is such a concern this time around. >> oh, egypt is a huge concern this time around, carol, because first of all, it has a new and very islamist government in place that, of course, for many people especially hamas in gaza believe it's more on the sides of hamas than governments in egypt have been before....
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allies, particularly israel. and someone who is very different by nature with, compared with president obama. melissa: so what do you think he would do on day one that would stop iran in its tracks? >> he has himself said that he is ready to tough inch the sanctions which are already in place. and, i also believe that it would send sufficient signals to tehran they need to capitulate their nuclear program. they have absolutely no opportunity to once more use the delaying tactics to give some kind of negotiations in order to gain time. let's not forget. right now president obama's government is engaged in secret talks with iran. all that sends the wrong signals to the regime in tehran because they believe they can gain time having this kind of negotiations. melissa: i hear you but, say mitt romney were elected and came in with an iron fist. wouldn't that cause them to accelerate the timeline that we better do this quick and because the u.s. is not messing around and they get to the bomb quicker? >> regime has used
allies, particularly israel. and someone who is very different by nature with, compared with president obama. melissa: so what do you think he would do on day one that would stop iran in its tracks? >> he has himself said that he is ready to tough inch the sanctions which are already in place. and, i also believe that it would send sufficient signals to tehran they need to capitulate their nuclear program. they have absolutely no opportunity to once more use the delaying tactics to give...
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israel is continuing to pound the gaza strip with airstrikes amidst fears that israel could launch a ground invasion. at least 21 palestinians have died in the most recent round of violence while three israelis died on thursday. israel said it launched 150 airstrikes overnight while palestinians fired a dozen rockets into israel. among the casualties was the 11- month-old son of a bbc arabic journalist. an associated press photo showed jihad misharawi clutching the wrapped body of his baby, who was killed by an israeli round that struck his home on wednesday. white house press secretary jay carney told reporters thursday -- speaking later thursday, mark toner said the onus is on hamas to stop the violence. >> the onus here is on hamas. as jay carney just said from the white house, it claims that the best interest of the palestinian people at heart, but through its actions, it is showing a far different agenda. >> israel has also continue to prepare for potential ground invasion of gaza by calling up thousands of army reservists. the egyptian prime minister visited the gaza strip frid
israel is continuing to pound the gaza strip with airstrikes amidst fears that israel could launch a ground invasion. at least 21 palestinians have died in the most recent round of violence while three israelis died on thursday. israel said it launched 150 airstrikes overnight while palestinians fired a dozen rockets into israel. among the casualties was the 11- month-old son of a bbc arabic journalist. an associated press photo showed jihad misharawi clutching the wrapped body of his baby, who...
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now, israel could do one of two things. they could decide this is my clint eastwood, make my day moment and go and attack all of the missile batteries along the gaza strip. there are thousands, tens of thousands of missiles capable of reaching israel. that is why israel has the tanks along the border and preparing potentially for an invasion. why would they do that? obviously to get rid of missiles. it gives them options with iran. say six months from now israel decides to have a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear facilities. the retaliation that iran would launch would be those same missiles on the gaza strip coming into israel. this is sort of preemption of the preemption. melissa: precursor? >> gives them better option. melissa: why did this break out now? why is this happening? >> i think a couple of reasons. one is because, you know, gaza, they sort of fire missiles off every now and then. but the other is renewed relationship now, very different relationship between the hamas, which is a muslim brotherhood organ
now, israel could do one of two things. they could decide this is my clint eastwood, make my day moment and go and attack all of the missile batteries along the gaza strip. there are thousands, tens of thousands of missiles capable of reaching israel. that is why israel has the tanks along the border and preparing potentially for an invasion. why would they do that? obviously to get rid of missiles. it gives them options with iran. say six months from now israel decides to have a preemptive...
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top story this hour israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. tonight after three syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement love to tel aviv a middle east correspondent is the latest hi paula now the syrian army hasn't been able to contain the civil war within its borders as we've witnessed of late is this latest encroached on just another spillover or something more pointedly directed at israel. well what we're hearing from the israeli defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel having said that though the idea of has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now ever since the syrian infighting approached the israeli border the i.d.f. has filed a complaint with the united nations over the cease fire violation and at the same time it has raised its alert in the north of the country what it is now waiting for is for t
top story this hour israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. tonight after three syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement love to tel aviv a middle east correspondent is the latest hi paula now the syrian army hasn't been able to contain the civil war within its borders as we've witnessed of late is this latest encroached on just another spillover or something more pointedly directed at israel. well what we're hearing from...
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the skirmish between israel and hamas over gaza. you wrote that it in many ways it was a warm-up in a potential conflict between israel and iran. >> that's right. as you saw the hamas missile attack on israel began, israelis trying to figure out what capability that iran had. because it was iranian missiles slipped in gaza. those were the one reaching towards jerusalem and tel aviv. they weren't enormously successful in that they didn't do that much damage. iron dome program turned out to be pretty effective not only in shooting down missiles but determining missiles that they shouldn't even target. because they were heading to sea or no population. that was a message to the iranians, if that thought they would manage to get these missiles into the gaza or into lebanon in the stealth cuban missile crisis, in fact, they would be significantly less effective. on the other hand, the iranians also learned a few lessons from this. they learned what the israeli capability was. the big question going forward the big question going forward
the skirmish between israel and hamas over gaza. you wrote that it in many ways it was a warm-up in a potential conflict between israel and iran. >> that's right. as you saw the hamas missile attack on israel began, israelis trying to figure out what capability that iran had. because it was iranian missiles slipped in gaza. those were the one reaching towards jerusalem and tel aviv. they weren't enormously successful in that they didn't do that much damage. iron dome program turned out to...
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israel threatening to take the next step if if hamas doesn't stop the rocket fire into israel. the next step ground troops moving in. we want to bring in ambassador dennis ross, served as adviser to four presidents and is a mideast diplomacy analyst. it's great to have you with me today. big news coming within the last hour, al jazeera reporting that the ceasefire is going to be announced this evening in cairo. now egypt will reportedly be agreeing to oversee this plan which is said to include an easing of the crossroads into gaza. so peace appears to be eminent but what do you make of the transparency of what the outline of it deal is? >> well, i think we still need to see it implemented. having spent a lot of time in the middle east, done a lot of negotiations, one thing i know about this part of the world, nothing is concluded until you actually see it carried out. it's one thing to talk about it. it's something else to do it. so let's actually see the ceasefire take hold. what i'm hearing is that by midnight their time, which would be around 5:00 our time, that's when it mi
israel threatening to take the next step if if hamas doesn't stop the rocket fire into israel. the next step ground troops moving in. we want to bring in ambassador dennis ross, served as adviser to four presidents and is a mideast diplomacy analyst. it's great to have you with me today. big news coming within the last hour, al jazeera reporting that the ceasefire is going to be announced this evening in cairo. now egypt will reportedly be agreeing to oversee this plan which is said to include...
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[applause] isolate our chairman, steve israel, as i did yesterday, for just being a spectacular field marshal in all of this. and i commend all of my colleagues, my code leaders, steny hoyer, some members of the leadership, chris van hollen, the list goes on and on, and all of the women standing here who traveled into districts. so we were thinking that it was possible, and that was. i would say one disappointment that i had was that message was at stake, was so misrepresented by the republicans that the public was confused. people would say welcome why are the democrats wanting to commit. we worked. democrats use savings of medicare to extend it for another decade, to provide benefits immediately, immediately for seniors right now. republicans took that same money and gave tax cuts to the rich, and that was the message that outside money spent a fortune to misrepresent. and that is why the election of barack obama was so very, very important to protect medicare, even the we could not get the majority. we knew what he wants, that many of the issues, affordable care, medicare, et ceter
[applause] isolate our chairman, steve israel, as i did yesterday, for just being a spectacular field marshal in all of this. and i commend all of my colleagues, my code leaders, steny hoyer, some members of the leadership, chris van hollen, the list goes on and on, and all of the women standing here who traveled into districts. so we were thinking that it was possible, and that was. i would say one disappointment that i had was that message was at stake, was so misrepresented by the...
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thanks for spending part of your saturday with us here on r t our top story israel's filed a complaint at the u.n. after three syrian tanks entered the de-militarized zone between the two countries breaching a decades old cease fire agreement more details for our middle east correspondent paula sleeper. what we're hearing from these maybe defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel she having said that though the i.d.f. has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now it has since the syrian infighting approached the israeli border the i.d.f. has filed a complaint with the united nations over the cease fire violation and at the same time it has raised its alert in the north of the concrete what it is now waiting for is for the united nations disengagement force to oversee the withdrawal of these tanks that into this demilitarized zone in the central golan heights at the same time we understand that the tanks were taking part
thanks for spending part of your saturday with us here on r t our top story israel's filed a complaint at the u.n. after three syrian tanks entered the de-militarized zone between the two countries breaching a decades old cease fire agreement more details for our middle east correspondent paula sleeper. what we're hearing from these maybe defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the...
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how he was not backing of israel on anything and if you care about israel, don't vote for barack obama. when push comes to shove, he has good by israel all the way. so i think that people who want that outcome in terms of how the president should be acting should be very happy with them. i am more on the side of being an honest broker between both sides. before the people who want him to just take the israel mind, that is essentially what he has done and i have always found these criticisms the claim that he is anti-israel, i do not understand them because he has stood with them except on one issue, which is to stop building settlements, which seems like an obvious thing. so i think that he has politically, because the u.s. is such a pro-israel country, he is in a good position. megyn: yesterday they refuse to condemn turkey statement. calling israel a bunch of terrorists. she was asked why don't you condemn not. she said she's not going to get in a match between the allies. >> exactly, they are in the middle of trying to negotiate a cease-fire and what benefit is there for them to att
how he was not backing of israel on anything and if you care about israel, don't vote for barack obama. when push comes to shove, he has good by israel all the way. so i think that people who want that outcome in terms of how the president should be acting should be very happy with them. i am more on the side of being an honest broker between both sides. before the people who want him to just take the israel mind, that is essentially what he has done and i have always found these criticisms the...
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made israel feel moderate and the arabs feel realistic. the second piece of good news is that egypt, even under the muslim brotherhood, has an interest in having stability. that's very important. the bad news is the islamists are in control. in the palestinian areas with hamas and certainly in control in egypt. and there's going to be no peace as long as they are there in control, and u.s. policy has got to be a long, gradual process of trying to build up the non-islamists in the arab world, including in iran, across the region. >> that frames it. we'll hear more from you in the roundtable. >>> now let me turn to carl levin, chairman of course of the armed services committee in the senate. senator, to egypt. how concerned are you? is morsi a partner of the united states, or a problem? >> yes. >> he's both? >> some of both, yeah. but even though there's great concern, i think we have to be very cautious. we don't obviously want to see a democratically elected autocrat take the place of an undemocratically elected dictator. on the other hand
made israel feel moderate and the arabs feel realistic. the second piece of good news is that egypt, even under the muslim brotherhood, has an interest in having stability. that's very important. the bad news is the islamists are in control. in the palestinian areas with hamas and certainly in control in egypt. and there's going to be no peace as long as they are there in control, and u.s. policy has got to be a long, gradual process of trying to build up the non-islamists in the arab world,...
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israel said, chairman israel said, that's fair to middle-class americans. that we need to have growth. growth on the table. if we have growth we can produce revenue. without -- and we make the decisions about revenue and we make decisions about cuts to the extent that they promote growth. that is something we stand ready to support the president. i don't know what his current proposal will be. we hopefully will find out on friday when we go to the white house, but i want you to be disabused of any notion of any widespread thought that it would be a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff. we want an agreement. we want an agreement. i'll see you tomorrow at 10:00 or those who are interested. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> democratic leader nancy pelosi leaving a very crowded briefing room. many of these folks are newly elected, members of the 113th congress. leader pelosi in a question response, response to a question by reporters saying she will speak to her
israel said, chairman israel said, that's fair to middle-class americans. that we need to have growth. growth on the table. if we have growth we can produce revenue. without -- and we make the decisions about revenue and we make decisions about cuts to the extent that they promote growth. that is something we stand ready to support the president. i don't know what his current proposal will be. we hopefully will find out on friday when we go to the white house, but i want you to be disabused of...
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is a failure to recognize that it was israel that broke the truce that it was israel that on november eighth made an incursion into the gaza strip near time units in the northeastern part of the gaza strip and killed a child then ahmed abouta and this was the beginning of what is now known as the escalation gazan fighters responded by attacking israeli soldiers not israeli civilians and that israel responded by killing more civilians in the gaza strip leading to the s.q.l. escalation so. it's really israel which actually broke a truce then proceeded to kill us much about ari who's the head of the military wing that some brigades of hamas who is the man who is really enforcing all of the truce is in all of the cease fires and attempting to punish the smaller factions in the gaza strip who fired rockets into israeli controlled territory this is consistent with israeli behavior over the years including at the beginning of operation cast lead we have to remember the first attack in operation cast lead the brutal attack on between two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine. was on a
is a failure to recognize that it was israel that broke the truce that it was israel that on november eighth made an incursion into the gaza strip near time units in the northeastern part of the gaza strip and killed a child then ahmed abouta and this was the beginning of what is now known as the escalation gazan fighters responded by attacking israeli soldiers not israeli civilians and that israel responded by killing more civilians in the gaza strip leading to the s.q.l. escalation so. it's...
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we had veterans on the ground from norway, and israel, too. >>neil: no one knows better a crisis situation and how to feel with logistics, i don't want on get into the problems we have seen associated with fema but what do you do to avoid and of the administration nonsense and delays and bogged down type of relief efforts you hear a lot about. how do you avoid that? folks tell me you do, it is like action, action, action. >>guest: we are focused at community level and we deploy reconnaissance team after a disaster the day after hurricane sandy hit, i had a marine and army veterans on the ground and in the areas of the rockaways and they were doing a need assessment which was relayed to headquarters and we activated the teams. >>neil: and jut working with the local community we forget that, we want to nationalize a crisis and then it gets really bogged down, what have you learned just helping as you have? >>guest: well, you learn how resilient the community is, and we have plugged ourselves directly into the harbor area and we are working direc
we had veterans on the ground from norway, and israel, too. >>neil: no one knows better a crisis situation and how to feel with logistics, i don't want on get into the problems we have seen associated with fema but what do you do to avoid and of the administration nonsense and delays and bogged down type of relief efforts you hear a lot about. how do you avoid that? folks tell me you do, it is like action, action, action. >>guest: we are focused at community level and we deploy...
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israel will really strike back hard against that. melissa: it looked throughout the day like some corner has been turned here towards the more violent. how does this affect our security, do you think? why should we be focused on this? >> sure. people in the region tend not to differentiate between americans and israelis. they talk about the small satan and great satan. they think we're locked together. we tend to laugh here in the u.s. but we know i had it is ridiculous. you hear phrases zionist entity that and that 9/11 carried out by israel and no jews were in the world trade center. those ridiculous things. you talk about a lot of world where the people really believe about that stuff. what the culture believes about u.s. and israel and we're in a plot to take over the world. melissa: you think this puts us more at risk or signifies we are more at risk? >> certainly western interests will be at risk. what you will see frankly our diplomatic locations will be at risk. americans on travel. we see this every time that there's a flare
israel will really strike back hard against that. melissa: it looked throughout the day like some corner has been turned here towards the more violent. how does this affect our security, do you think? why should we be focused on this? >> sure. people in the region tend not to differentiate between americans and israelis. they talk about the small satan and great satan. they think we're locked together. we tend to laugh here in the u.s. but we know i had it is ridiculous. you hear phrases...
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. >> it is amazing, i came all the way from israel to meet the people and hang out and she was amazing. >> the environment, the people, everything. it is like everyone has so much energy. >> hey, you are beautiful. and i love you. >> why? because... it is
. >> it is amazing, i came all the way from israel to meet the people and hang out and she was amazing. >> the environment, the people, everything. it is like everyone has so much energy. >> hey, you are beautiful. and i love you. >> why? because... it is
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israel said, that is fair to middle-class americans. that we need to have growth. put growth on the table. how do we get growth? if we have growth, we can produce revenue. we make decisions about running. we make decisions about cuts to the extent that they promote growth. that is something that we stand ready to support the president and something similar to what he proposed last year. i do not know what his current proposal will be. we will hopefully find that out on friday when we go to the white house. i want you to be disabused of any notion that there is any widespread thought that it would be a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff. we want an agreement. we want an agreement. i will see you tomorrow at 10:00 or those of you who are interested. see you there? >> stay tuned. interest. >> on the first day of legislative business since the 2012 election, the senate as outlined their party positions on eliminating the fiscal cliff. from the senate floor, this is 20 minutes. >> after our election, i welcome everyone back. the summer was a last bre
israel said, that is fair to middle-class americans. that we need to have growth. put growth on the table. how do we get growth? if we have growth, we can produce revenue. we make decisions about running. we make decisions about cuts to the extent that they promote growth. that is something that we stand ready to support the president and something similar to what he proposed last year. i do not know what his current proposal will be. we will hopefully find that out on friday when we go to the...
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and israel. you is a very different dynamic now and why this is also a very big test to egypt, to its credit, america is allowing egypt to immediate this and so far, egyptian officials say they are not [ inaudible ] a peace treaty with israel. president morsi says he's committed to the international obligations but he's also using his leverage to perhaps rein in hamas. it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a responsibility to govern, you can't just fire these rockets indiscriminately and trigger this type of backlash. this isn't only a crossroads for israel and gaza, it has a tremendous amount of implications for egypt and u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the new emerging realities of the arab world. >> i want to open this up to our panel in new york. something that has been going on that i don't think has got an ton of coverage, is how the israeli defense ministry is using twitter to sort of talk about what they are doing.
and israel. you is a very different dynamic now and why this is also a very big test to egypt, to its credit, america is allowing egypt to immediate this and so far, egyptian officials say they are not [ inaudible ] a peace treaty with israel. president morsi says he's committed to the international obligations but he's also using his leverage to perhaps rein in hamas. it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a...
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hearings on nine eleven into bush's intelligence failures you know five different major allies including israel the kingdom and russia telling us hey this thing is coming you know the cia flying a guy down in august to the warnings as early as may to george w. bush this is coming and he never ever convened his national security team to talk about i can't answer for lindsey graham but i'm a i'm a libertarian leaning republican i'm not in the president is duly elected he won fair and square use the right to nominate he wants and the senate has the right to confirm or not confirm. but i think it's a mistake and i think we need to look at our you know at ourselves in the mirror as a country in a nonpartisan fashion and say you know what susan rice did inject herself into the benghazi situation by becoming the public face of it shouldn't have to she's her own free will to say i'm not going to say that they put out on their facebook page a.q.i.m. in the in the magreb the next day right after it or excuse me the same day that they were responsible taking credit for the attacks but it's not a part of t
hearings on nine eleven into bush's intelligence failures you know five different major allies including israel the kingdom and russia telling us hey this thing is coming you know the cia flying a guy down in august to the warnings as early as may to george w. bush this is coming and he never ever convened his national security team to talk about i can't answer for lindsey graham but i'm a i'm a libertarian leaning republican i'm not in the president is duly elected he won fair and square use...
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israel doesn't want to do that. they want to pair up the old agreements that says are necessary to restrict the flow of goods goo gaza, to restrict the e flow of weapons and israel believes in you allow more products to come into gaza, there will be more weapons coming in and israel is positioned thus far -- stop firing rockets and then with hamas about some of these other things like the trade restrictions. >> we're having a little trouble with your uplink in terms of you jumping in and out of your question. let me ask about secretary of state hillary clinton arriving in the region. what are the best hopes and expectations for what she's going to be able to do? is she going to change anything in terms of the balance of power and how this is likely to be resolved? >> it depends if she can convince the egyptians to convince hamas. they feel confident because the arab spring has given it a new batch of friends. if hillary clinton can pressure hamas and can be persuaded by mohamed morsi her chances are pretty good. if
israel doesn't want to do that. they want to pair up the old agreements that says are necessary to restrict the flow of goods goo gaza, to restrict the e flow of weapons and israel believes in you allow more products to come into gaza, there will be more weapons coming in and israel is positioned thus far -- stop firing rockets and then with hamas about some of these other things like the trade restrictions. >> we're having a little trouble with your uplink in terms of you jumping in and...
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and reinserted it or mentioned his call for israel to return to 67 border or mentioned the fact that his administration had slow walked sanctions against iran. those issues have real resonance among them. >> jonathan is one of washington's most thoughtful journalists. he's been covering this steek or it for a long time, and thank you, ralph, for your excellents. he's the money and politics report enand the past president of the national prez club. what did you see yesterday what does it mean for the country and. >> well, in 2010, we saw the secret money in the races took control of the senate and house. and all service said, it's going to be a foreshadow in the 2012. it wasn't. obama was able to raise as much money with romney. romney had help with the super political action committees and outside groups. the money was even. obama wasn't swamped. he was able to watch romney spending dollar for dollar. the difference was obama raised the money himself in small amounts and ralph, you know how important it is to get people energized. you give $10 or $20 to a campaign. you probably give
and reinserted it or mentioned his call for israel to return to 67 border or mentioned the fact that his administration had slow walked sanctions against iran. those issues have real resonance among them. >> jonathan is one of washington's most thoughtful journalists. he's been covering this steek or it for a long time, and thank you, ralph, for your excellents. he's the money and politics report enand the past president of the national prez club. what did you see yesterday what does it...
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they have fought wars with israel on behalf of the palestinians. this cuts deep in the arab identity and simply won't give it up, won't let anyone assume the negotiations on behalf of the palestinians and that's why people have seen this, the rise of the muslim brother hood and particularly the presidency of mohammed morsi as a positive sin to be a break through for the region for stability and for u.s. interests as well. >> we will certainly be following it. all roads lead to cairo. that's been true for hundreds if not thousands of years. ayman mohyeldin thank you for your reporting from gaza. stay safe. >>> after the break, loopholes, brackets, increased revenue. are democrats and republicans ready to come to the table and make a deal? we will talk to luke russert and martin bashir about getting a piece of the tax pie, next on "now." ♪ [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, o
they have fought wars with israel on behalf of the palestinians. this cuts deep in the arab identity and simply won't give it up, won't let anyone assume the negotiations on behalf of the palestinians and that's why people have seen this, the rise of the muslim brother hood and particularly the presidency of mohammed morsi as a positive sin to be a break through for the region for stability and for u.s. interests as well. >> we will certainly be following it. all roads lead to cairo....
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into civilian places in israel. that's a the love missiles. 800 in one calendar year. just this year up to 800 missiles. but that was never a big news story in the united states. i'm not saying they never covered it, but it was never a big running news story. it only became a story when israel launched this major counter offensive. now, why is this? i think it's because there is a fascination on the part of liberal journalists and actually liberals in general, fascination and an attraction towards the underdog. they love the underdog. they sympathize with the underdog. and if the under dog has brown skin, better yet. so they see the palestinians as the underdog and israel as the oppressors, a lot of the far left, and that's why we get stories about uncle mahmoud, who was killed in the terrible savage attack by israel and we get incredibly dumb questions like the one you just played from the woman -- >> bill: nbc. right. >> but i don't think this is a media problem so much as it's a general liberal problem. you ran t
into civilian places in israel. that's a the love missiles. 800 in one calendar year. just this year up to 800 missiles. but that was never a big news story in the united states. i'm not saying they never covered it, but it was never a big running news story. it only became a story when israel launched this major counter offensive. now, why is this? i think it's because there is a fascination on the part of liberal journalists and actually liberals in general, fascination and an attraction...
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>>neil: do you get the feeling as a naive observer, it is us and israel looking more like custer, the whole world is going one way? and we are watching. >>guest: only if you think the u.n. compound in are you it people bay in manhattan is not the twilight zone. the whole argument about in vote yesterday was abbas is down because hamas has been firing rockets and we have to lit -- lift him up and many of our european friends vote if favor of this and that is the kind of thing that discredits the u.n. i don't think we should worry about it in the macro sense but i do think this is going to be used very much against israel. and they are making a mistake in minimizing the consequences. i know the pain hurts but this is a very important political victory for the palestinian authority. >>neil: do you think we will see a palestinian state? >>guest: well, not any time soon at the rate they are going. that is why the vote is contrary to reality but that makes it par for the course at the n. >>neil: thank you, ambassador. if the president's pitch does not give him the extra $50 billion in instr
>>neil: do you get the feeling as a naive observer, it is us and israel looking more like custer, the whole world is going one way? and we are watching. >>guest: only if you think the u.n. compound in are you it people bay in manhattan is not the twilight zone. the whole argument about in vote yesterday was abbas is down because hamas has been firing rockets and we have to lit -- lift him up and many of our european friends vote if favor of this and that is the kind of thing that...
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now israel's troops are on the move. a serious escalation all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, a tough day on capitol hill as lawmakers try to get answers about the terror attack that killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans in libya. actor head of the cia, michael morel, james clapper and matthew olson among those facing questions. members of the house foreign affairs committee are asking whether officials ignored warnings and request for extra security and whether intelligence con flicked it with the -- conflicted with what the obama officials were saying in the aftermath of the attack. >> i am appalled the administration could not anticipate escalating violence , and then failed to step up security measures to protect our diplomats. furthermore we have seen blunder after bluppedder as the administration avoids responsibility and accountability. the delay tactics are unacceptable. now that we made it past the convenient distraction of an ele
now israel's troops are on the move. a serious escalation all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, a tough day on capitol hill as lawmakers try to get answers about the terror attack that killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans in libya. actor head of the cia, michael morel, james clapper and matthew olson among those facing questions. members of the house foreign affairs committee are asking whether officials...
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he immediately said we agree with israel's right to defend itself. israel's real enemy is iran. they were at the u.n. holding up his bomb chart. he was talking about iran. that is israel's overriding threat. they have been able to deal with them handedly. i have seen yesterday israeli warships able to take out a single hamas militant who was sitting in a chair by the water front. so one warship fired a rocket. you could barely ship on the horizon. israel has been telephoning the houses of neighbors of militants and telling them to get out. it has their phone numbers. so there's something suspicious. israel has too much intelligence. they have been able to deal with them too confidently. you have to wonder is there really a different objective. >> could it be better for israel to get rid of the missile sites in hamas before they attack iran? therefore, they can't be used for retaliation? >> reporter: that's an extra bonus. you get to defend your own cities. you figure out how well the iron dome system works, which is an untested system. you set back hamas's capabilities. you test
he immediately said we agree with israel's right to defend itself. israel's real enemy is iran. they were at the u.n. holding up his bomb chart. he was talking about iran. that is israel's overriding threat. they have been able to deal with them handedly. i have seen yesterday israeli warships able to take out a single hamas militant who was sitting in a chair by the water front. so one warship fired a rocket. you could barely ship on the horizon. israel has been telephoning the houses of...
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israel struck at suspected hamas sites. palestinian health officials said 19 people have been killed in gaza since the israeli offensive began. the conflict could escalate even further israeli troops and tanks amassed at the border. >> i hope had a mazz and other terrorist organizations in gaza got the message. if not israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people. >> despite that message, militants continued to attack targets in southern israel. three israelis were killed when a rocket struck their apartment building were buried thursday. neighbors said the threat of violence won't force her to leave. >> my place. i love this place. >> even though another rocket could come any time. >> even ten times. >> for the first time hamas launched iranian made rockets capable of reaching tel aviv. israeli defense officials say while hamas has fired over 300 rockets, israel's missile defense system intercepted 130 of them. this latest round of violence ratcheted up on wednday, israel killed hamas's chief
israel struck at suspected hamas sites. palestinian health officials said 19 people have been killed in gaza since the israeli offensive began. the conflict could escalate even further israeli troops and tanks amassed at the border. >> i hope had a mazz and other terrorist organizations in gaza got the message. if not israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people. >> despite that message, militants continued to attack targets in southern israel. three...